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What do we do now that the world didn’t end in 2012?

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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February 7 2013

The countdown to the launch of the new generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, and the surrounding uncertainty about whether the potential commercial

New generic top level domain application process launched

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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February 29 2012

After more than seven years of planning, the application process for new generic top level domains (gTLDs) has been launched

WIPO refuses to order the transfer of worldcup2011.com to the International Rugby Board

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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January 12 2012

In Rugby World Cup Ltd v Andreas Gyrre WIPO D2011-1520 (1 November 2011) sole panellist Robert Badgely dismissed the complaint by the International Rugby Board (IRB) against ticket reseller Euroteam AS on the basis that the domain name could not be considered confusingly similar to the IRB’s trade marks RUGBY WORLD CUP and RUGBY WORLD CUP 2011, essentially because the dominant term “rugby” was lacking in the domain name

.xxx domain names to become available from September 2011

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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June 15 2011

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers recently approved the use of the .xxx suffix as a top-level domain name space, to be used by the online adult entertainment industry

Seemingly no statute of limitations in bringing complaints under UDRP

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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May 31 2011

The Complainant, Sportingbet Plc held Community Trade Mark (CTM) registrations for figurative marks SPORTINGBETCASINO and SPORTINGBETCASINO.COM

Transfer of over 1500 domain names

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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March 31 2010

In Inter-Continental Hotels Corporation, Six Continents Hotels v Daniel Kirchhof D2009-1661 WIPO, a Uniform Domain- Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) panellist ordered the transfer of over 1500 domain names from an individual registrant, to Six Continents

Vulnerability of insufficiently well-known trade marks

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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February 26 2010

In Office Holdings Ltd v Hocu To d.o.o. and Office Shoes d.o.o. 2009 D2009-1277 WIPO, it was concluded that a proprietor of trade marks in central and eastern Europe had a legitimate interest in a corresponding domain name even though it was apparent that the trade marks and domain name had been chosen in order to mimic an earlier trade mark registered elsewhere in Europe

Famous names and parking sites

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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July 29 2009

In WIPO Case No. D2009-0563 Jim Carrey v BWI Domains (16 June 2009) single panellist Alistair Payne had little trouble deciding that the registration and resolution of the domain name jimcarrey.com to a parking site from which the registrant derived pay-per-click revenue constituted bad faith

Resellerslegitimate use of third party marks

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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March 27 2009

In Oracle International Corporation v Contractors Network Ltd 2008 D2008-1493 World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the software giant, Oracle International, failed in its bid to have the disputed domain name oraclecontractors

Gripe sites and legitimate interest

McDermott Will & Emery
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Global
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October 31 2008

Grievances arising from overzealous criticism on so-called gripe sites dedicated to criticising businesses and individuals are not necessarily resolved by recourse to the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) complaints procedure

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